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  1. wlanboy

    TiddlyBot fun and simple Raspberry Pi Robot

    TiddlyBot fun and simple Raspberry Pi Robot Looks like a fun project that might be worth funding it. I will take the Ultra Kit :D
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    Raspberry Pi Model B+

    They upgraded the Raspberry Pi Model B - called it B+. Same price tag with some neat features: They upgraded the GPIO header from 26 pins to 40 pins They doubled the USB 2.0 ports to 4. They changed the SD card adapter to Micro SD They replaced the linear regulators with switching ones to...
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    Microsoft Azure’s use of non-US IPv4 address space in US regions

    http://blog.azure.com/2014/06/11/windows-azures-use-of-non-us-ipv4-address-space-in-us-regions/ Funny thing that even Microsoft has to move IP addresses around to meet the demand. Just read their statement about IPv6: http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/faq/?rnd=1#
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    Yourserver OpenVZ 256MB (Sweden)

    Provider: Yourserver Plan: OpenVZ 256 MB VPS Price: 2€ per month Location: Stockholm, Sweden Purchased: 04/2014 This is one of the reviews that are sponsored by vpsboard. I will update each review every two months and will add notes on what happend during this time. MannDude is funding the...
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    Arduino (or Trinket) with Bluetooth control

    I am using the Arduino for quite a long time and I often like to control the Arduino from my Raspberry Pi. Xbee itself is cool but quite expensive, so I searched for a cheap Bluetooth module that is offering a serial console. And found one: It is a "HC-06 Wireless Bluetooth Transceiver...
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    Secure Dragon OpenVZ 128 MB (New York)

    Provider: Secure Dragon Plan: OpenVZ 128mb VPS Price: 17.99$ per year Location: Weehawken, NJ Purchased: 03/2013 This is one of my private vps that I am using for my mail server. I migrated this vps from their Tampa location to their new location in NY. You can find the old review of the...
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    Secure Dragon OpenVZ 128 MB (Chicago)

    Provider: SecureDragon Plan: OpenVZ 128mb VPS Price: $17.99 per year Location: Chicago, IL Purchased: 03/2014 This is one of the reviews that are sponsored by vpsboard. I will update each review every two months and will add notes on what happend during this time. MannDude is funding the...
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    Urpad OpenVZ 256 MB (LA)

    Provider: Urpad Plan: OpenVZ 256mb VPS Price: $3.95 per month Location: Los Angeles, CA Purchased: 03/2014 This is one of the reviews that are sponsored by vpsboard. I will update each review every two months and will add notes on what happend during this time. MannDude is funding the...
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    Digitalocean KVM 512 MB (NY)

    Provider: Digital Ocean Plan: KVM 512mb VPS Price: 5$ per month Location: New York Purchased: 03/2014 This is one of the reviews that are sponsored by vpsboard. I will update each review every two months and will add notes on what happend during this time. MannDude is funding the reviews and...
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    Vultr KVM 512 MB (NY)

    Provider: Vultr.com Plan: KVM 512mb VPS Price: 5$ per month Location: New Jersey Purchased: 03/2014 This is one of the reviews that are sponsored by vpsboard. I will update each review every two months and will add notes on what happend during this time. MannDude is funding the reviews and...
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    Yet another scan for open relays

    Back in december my mail server was hit by a huge amount of open relay scans. About 100 per week and now they seem to come back: Apr 1 10:38:54 wlan postfix/smtpd[13299]: connect from unknown[....] Apr 1 10:38:54 wlan postfix/smtpd[13299]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[....]: 554 5.7.1...
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    Measure power consumption of Arduino projects

    I am currently working on a remote Arduino project. "Remote" includes Bluetooth and solar powered (LiPo backuped) power supply. To ensure that my power supply is suitable I had to find a way to measure the power consumption of my project. All you need is a Breadboard Power Supply Stick...
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    My Custom Hosting KVM 256 MB (NC)

    Provider: MyCustomHosting Plan: KVM 256 MB VPS Price: $40 per year Location: Lenoir, NC, USA Purchased: 02/2014 This is one of the reviews that are sponsored by vpsboard. I will update each review every two months and will add notes on what happend during this time. MannDude is funding the...
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    Video comparing Arduino with Raspberry Pi

    Well made video which is comparing the Arduino with the Raspberry Pi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vhvnaWUZjE
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    Host Mist OpenVZ 128 MB (ATL)

    Provider: Host Mist Plan: OpenVZ 128mb VPS Price: $3.5 per month Location: Atlanta, Georgia Purchased: 02/2014 This is one of the reviews that are sponsored by vpsboard. I will update each review every two months and will add notes on what happend during this time. MannDude is funding the...
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    Arduino + Solar + Lipo + Bluetooth

    Sneak Preview of my next Arduino project. This project is about a solar powered Arudino which is controlled via Bluetooth. First step is a OLED display that can be controlled with a basic serial communication protocol. I will add some LEDs, a realtime clock (battery buffered), etc, later...
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    Using the terminal to get system statistics

    If a service is running not as snappy as it should I use the sysstat tools to check the current load of my vps. They collect usage statistics for CPU, memory, network, block devices, etc. Installation is easy: apt-get install sysstat The package itself does contain three main components: -...
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    Running haveged to enhance your system entropy

    Encryption is based on two main factors: prime numbers random numbers On Linux the random numbers are generated by the pseudo random number generator. It generates randomness from hardware interrupts e.g. by keyboard, mouse, disk or network I/O. The main difference between /dev/random and...
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    ST Nucleo and Mbed

    I am always looking at new single-board products that are able to handle electronics. The Raspberry Pi or the Arduino are two well known examples of that kind of products. I recently bought a NUCLEO-F103RB development board from ST. You can download the user manual here. You can find the...
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    RansomIT KVM 256 MB (Australia)

    Provider: Ransom IT Plan: KVM 256mb VPS Price: 48$ per year Location: Adelaide, Australia Purchased: 02/2014 This is one of the reviews that are sponsored by vpsboard. I will update each review every two months and will add notes on what happend during this time. MannDude is funding the...
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